Cardiovascular medicine

This book sets echocardiography within a routine clinical context.

Nutritional Oncology: Nutrition in Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Survivorship presents evidence-based approaches to the study and application of nutrition in all phases of cancer including prevention, treatment, and survivorship.

Ischemic brain damage represents a major source of morbidity and mortality in westernized society and poses a significant financial burden on the health care system.

The Psychology of Eating is the essential multi-disciplinary introduction to the psychology of eating, looking at the biological, genetic, developmental, and social determinants of how humans find and assimilate food.

Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Vitamins is a key resource describing how vitamins function as physiologically active molecules at the cellular level.

Atherosclerosis is a degenerative process affecting blood vessels, which determines narrowing of the lumen, plaque growth, and hardening of the walls.

Written, reviewed, and edited in a collaborative effort by cardiology fellows and faculty of one of the most prestigious academic centers in the country, this concise volume gives cardiology fellows the book they have long needed.

This is a concise review of up-to-date concepts and techniques in the discipline of heart transplantation.

Americais number-one killer, heart disease, can exist in the absence of symptoms.

A concise, authoritative compilation of the essential information needed to diagnose and manage cardiovascular diseaseCurrent Diagnosis and Treatment Cardiology, Sixth Edition, covers the latest developments in the field with detailed, consistently structured chapters with sharp clinical images that aid comprehension.

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A comprehensive guide to the assessment, diagnosis, investigation and management of complex clinical scenarios in congenital cardiovascular medicine.

Platelets in Cardiovascular Disease provides an in-depth and current coverage of relevant platelet biology and antiplatelet therapy that is in clinical use today and potentially for the future.

This comprehensive reference emphasizes the dynamic events that occur in the maintenance and repair of blood vessels in health and abnormalities that may result from dysregulation of inflammatory and immune responses in disease.

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This extensively revised second edition traces the development of the basic concepts in cardiovascular physiology in light of the accumulated experimental and clinical evidence.

For centuries the analysis of the heart rhythm has belonged to the foundations of medical art.

Finally, a pacing book dedicated to the adult patient with CHD.

In this issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics, Guest Editors Vasilis C.

This book provides a concise yet comprehensive review of the morphological, biochemical, electrical, mechanical, and metabolic properties of vascular smooth muscle, the regulation of vascular activities and the intracellular signaling involved.

This atlas comprehensively describes the application of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in real-world scenarios using 192 illustrative clinical cases.

The first atlas devoted specifically to cardiometabolic risk, this book will provide a concise visual primer on the pathophysiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and clinical and radiologic features of this disorder.

Alle im Praxisalltag auftretenden Fragen zur Rehabilitation von Herz- und Gefäßpatienten werden in dem Buch ausführlich behandelt.

This book highlights the multifaceted roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in modulating normal cellular and molecular mechanisms during the development of different types of heart disease.

Exploring the entire range of recent advances, Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease covers all aspects of atherosclerotic disease, including chronic manifestations, bypass surgery, stroke prevention and methods to lower blood pressure.

This volume contains nine selected chapters focused on cardiovascular research.

Intracardiac Echocardiography is the first echocardiographic textbook of its kind to specifically cover ICE.

The fun, fast, and easy way to learn the core concepts and skills of cardiovascular nursingWhether you're a student seeking to excel in a course or a professional nurse transitioning into care of cardiovascular patients, this is the book you need to quickly and easily understand the key concepts and advanced protocols in cardiovascular nursing and how to apply them in real world situations.

A practical approach to the investigation and treatment of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), this fully updated Oxford Specialist Handbook is a concise and accessible overview of a complex condition.

Updated to reflect the notable advances in cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging, the Second Edition of the best-selling Computed Tomography of the Coronary Arteries provides cardiologists and radiologists with a practical text that explains the basic principles and applications of CT.

The second edition of Clinical Arrhythmology provides a fresh, clear, and authoritative overview that will guide readers from a solid understanding of the mechanisms behind cardiac arrhythmias -- which is fundamental to their identification -- to diagnosis via electrocardiograms and other tools, to specific management options for each of the arrhythmias that cardiologists and other clinicians will encounter in clinical practice.

This book is the first to approach the field of congestive heart failure as a true subspecialty of cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.

This text provides an overview of venous diseases and focuses on clinical evaluation and management.

The book is designed to provide a flowing description of the physiology of heat stress, the illnesses associated with heat exposure, recommendations on optimising health and performance, and an examination of Olympic sports played in potentially hot environmental conditions.

Peripheral vascular disease is a common, disabling malady, and patients seeking treatment may turn to their cardiologist for advice and treatment.

The drugs named calcium channel blockers (CCBs) were initially termed cal- cium antagonists (see Chapter 1).

Edited by a team of the world s leading interventional cardiologists and educators, this new book is created with an eye to giving the reader a solid, practical, and clinically focused understanding of this important class of drugs, from basic science to a clear-headed discussion of complex topics such as combination therapies, drug-to-drug interactions, and resistance to antiplatelet agents.

This book is ideal for cardiovascular imagers of all backgrounds as well as proceduralists (surgeons and interventional cardiologists) performing TAVR.

Released in 2007 and the first handbook-sized practical training guide to provide easily accessible, detailed information on how to get good images, make key measurements and report findings, the first edition of EchocardiographyA rapidly become a bestselling echocardiography manual.

Fibroproliferative diseases are a broad spectrum of entities from organ-specific involvement (e.

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging has become an essential tool for understanding arterial disease and guiding percutaneous interventions in the contemporary era.

This issue of Heart Failure Clinics, edited by Dr.

Estrogen and the Vessel Wall marks the start of a new era in understanding the cardiovascular actions of estrogen.

This book provides a complete overview on the latest available technologies in dermatology, while discussing future trends of this ever-growing field.